Spring-bed



(No Model.)

C.` S. GOLGROVE.

SPRING BED.

No'. 254,277. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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. UNITED "STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CLINTON S. GOLGROVE, OF WINGHESTER', TENNESSEE.

SPRING-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,277, dated February28, V1952.

' Application nieu November 1e, Iasi. (No model.)

To all uhom t may concern Be it known that I, CLINTON S. OoLGRoVE, ot'Winchester, in the county of Franklin and State of Tennessee, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Spril'lgBeds, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of'this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved spring bedbottom; and' Fig.2 is a plan'view ot' the same, some of the slats being broken away tobetter show the construction.

The frame is composed of the end cross-bars, A A, at head and foot, sidebars, B B, and the intermediate bars, C O, which are secured at theirends upon the upper side of the crossbars A A, the side bars, B B, beingsecured to the under side of said cross-bars, as shown clearly in Fig.1.

At the head of the frame the intermediate bars, C C, are formed with thenotches e e, and to the outside of these bars are hinged the arms D D,which are provided with the hinged pawls or braces E E, the lower endsof which are adapted to engage in the notches e e ofthe 'intermediatebars for raising and supporting the head of the bed-bottom, as shown inthe drawings. These pawls or braces are tied tol gether by thecross-piece d for causing them H H', which support the ends ot' theslats. The series of coiled springs G G', after being secured upon theslats ot the bed-bottom, are coupled together by the wires J J, whichare bent to form a square, and to inter-lace with the upper wires of thecoils in such manner that four coils are bound together by each of thewires J, as shown in Fig. 2. After the wires J have been placed aroundthe wires of the coils the ends are united by twisting in the ordinarymanner, thus making an eiective, easily applied, cheap, and tirmcoupling, and by means ot' the hinged arms D D, pawls or braces E E, andthe series of notches e o the head portion ot' the bed-bottom can beeasily raised to any height or slant to suit the convenience of theoccupant, or may be lowered n on a level with the main portion of thebottom, as desired,th us rendering the bed-bottom very cheap andcomplete.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a bed-spring, the combination, with the end bars,A, the side bars, B, the intermediate bars, O, provided with notches e,the slats F, the spring G, secured to the upper surface of the saidslats, and the springs H at their ends, ofthe arm D,hinged to the saidintermediate bars and provided with the pawls E, the slats F', thesprings G', secured to the upper surface of the slats, and the springsH' at their ends, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CLINTON S. GOLGROVE.

Witnesses:

JNO. G. BEAzEL'roN, Jr., M. P. HINEs.

